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Within just hours of ending his role as Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s 7th Parliament, former Member of Parliament for Nadowli West, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin has been elected as Speaker of Ghana’s 8th Parliament in the Fourth Republican dispensation. His election comes after a long night of processes that kicked right after the midnight …

Article 95 of the 1992 Constitution provides for the election of a Speaker from among MPs or persons qualified to be MPs. This has been the practice since 1993 when the late Justice Daniel Francis Annan on January 7, 1993, was chosen as the first Speaker of Parliament after Ghana …

The Speaker of Parliament Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has admonished parliamentarians to give the President, Nana Addo Dankwa the courtesies he deserves when he appears before the House to deliver his last state of the nation address tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The speaker admonished the House to desist from heckling and the use …

Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has been retained as Speaker of the 8th Parliament. This was after consultation with the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Alisa Hotel in Accra. The party’s General Secretary, John Boadu disclosed this to Adom News Monday. He also added that, Majority …

he Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has predicted that the next Speaker of Parliament will be anti-Akufo-Addo. The race for a new Speaker of Parliament lingers as Ghana looks to dissolve the seventh Parliament in the coming days. Several names have popped up including the current Chairman for the …

Barring any last-minute changes, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will once again choose a native of the Greater Accra Region as the speaker of the 8th parliament. Should that happens, it will be the third time the elephant family would be settling on someone from the region to lead …

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has recalled Members of Parliament (MPs) from recess. They are to resume sittings on Monday, December 14, 2020. The House rose on November 14, 2020, after an eventful session. According to a notice from Parliament sighted by Citi News, the Speaker is recalling …

Only the high court can determine whether a parliamentary seat has been vacated not the Speaker of Parliament or political parties or politicians, US-based Ghanaian law professor, Kwaku Asare (Kwaku Azar) has said. He comments comes after the Speaker, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye declared the Fomena parliamentary seat vacant after the Member …

Speaker of Parliament Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has cautioned members of Parliament against abandoning their work in the chamber for their re-election bid. The caution of the speaker follows the failure of many MPs to turn up for work on the first day of sitting this week. The house resumed …

The Speaker of Parliament has recalled Parliament for the commencement of the third meeting of the Fourth Session of the 7th Parliament. The Speaker, Prof Mike Oquaye, under the standing order 37 of Parliament, is asking MPs to reconvene on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. In a statement issued by the …